Nevada basketball: Wolf Pack starts MWC play with pesky Falcons

8:52 PM,
Jan. 9, 2013

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The Wolf Pack basketball team has a new role as it enters conference play this season: underdog.

Nevada won at least a share of six of the past nine regular-season titles when it played in the WAC. But with its move to the more rugged Mountain West this season, outside expectations are a little lower.

Most pundits have the Wolf Pack ranked in the lower half of the nine-team MWC, which ended nonconference play second in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI). Nevada attempts to start disproving those low expectations starting at 6:05 p.m. today when it kicks off conference play at Air Force. ...